Section 4January 5, 1988, Sec./Art. 4

Certificates of Candidacy; Certified List of Candidates. - The certificates of candidacy shall be filed in twelve legible signed copies with the offices mentioned in Section 75 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881. In cities with more than one election registrar, the Commission on Elections, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, shall designate the election registrar who shall receive the certificates of candidacy.

In lieu of the additional copies of the certificate of candidacy equal to twice the number of polling places which a candidate is required to file under said Section 75, the Commission shall cause to be printed certified lists of candidates containing the names of all registered candidates for each office to be voted for in each province, city or municipality immediately followed by the nickname or stage name of each candidate duly registered in his certificate of candidacy and his political party affiliation, if any. Said list shall be posted inside each voting booth during the voting period.1awphil.net

Whenever practicable, the board of inspectors shall cause said list of candidates to be written clearly and legibly on the blackboard or on manila paper for posting at a conspicuous place inside the polling place.

The names of all registered candidates immediately followed by the nickname or stage name shall also be printed in the election returns and tally sheets.